Samenvatting

The project for the former industrial HaCas-Verschuren site in Tilburg is a case study of a biobased transformation, which will turn a polluted environment into a paradise for living. The organic regeneration of the site requires a long-time span, which is also used for a long-term strategy to grow natural building materials like hemp, and construct facilities for building and living in an additive manner. From the start the area will also benefit the neighboring community, as a park and meeting place. Initially all facilities and housing units will be raised from the ground, but in due time a new natural balance will make this unnecessary. In time, houses and facilities can open even more than is shown in the still tentative designs for architecture responsive to nature and the seasons. The size of the project area and the principled choice for natural drivers on all main scale and planning levels create a true test case at a slow pace of one home every two years, which, like the Keuvel project in Amsterdam, turns fragility into strength. The design places research into a responsible and important system change that tells us that one home every two years on this site would be a natural pace. It confronts us with the problems that we all caused together